All 3 Uses of
labyrinth
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- He trailed the div through a labyrinth of hallways, the ceiling of each nearly scraped the clouds, each supported by enormous columns.†
Chpt 1
- Across the street, next to a mosque with soaring minarets, was the bazaar, composed of congested labyrinths of both vaulted and open alleyways.†
Chpt 2 *
- He said Jalozai had been like a city, a huge maze of tents and mud huts and homes built from plastic and aluminum siding in a labyrinth of narrow passageways littered with dirt and shit.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(labyrinth) a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
or (figuratively): anything so complicated that it is extremely confusingThe word "labyrinth" comes from the name of the maze of passages where, in Greek mythology, Theseus had to escape from the Minotaur. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, labyrinth can refer to a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities -- especially the inner ear